The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-12
That is What The Capitalist
Press Calls a Popular
Uprising.
Such rs Has Just Occurred Against
Imported Chinese Slaves at
Vancouver. b. G.
An Account OF the Matter Together
With 85 Good Reasons For the
Popular Action.

Ihe capitali5tic press ~ the Unife'
states laet week noted the fact that tn
"inodensive" Chinese had been tue sub
iect Of another riot, this time at Van
couver, British Columbia. Details o
the affair were not attainable.
From private letter the following
meagre account OF the occurrence is tax.
en-, fuller account being promised In
the future.
The city OF Victoria has for years been
suffering under the curse of Chinese
competition; these slaves have been
imported by the hundreds to break
down wages and keep the worker poor,
and the people have patiently suffered
hoping for legislative relief. The
colonial parliament has however been
largely made up Of coal and land mo-
nopolIsts favorable to slave labor and 1t
has been impossible to obtain redress.
About February %. 4 large number OF
Chinese were imported from Victoria to
work on the Brighouse estate for about
~ cents q dav, Notwithstanding that
hundreds OF whites were in the town out
Of work.
meeting Of citizens was called and
the Chinese peacefully notified to leave
which they did, at once, sor New West.
minister.
Now appeared upon the scene one OF
those save-driving brutes, 6t only for
their occupation. provincial superin.
tendent Of police"
lie bulldoaed the mayor OF Vancouver,
Mclean. to caule the arrest OF som, #
the citizens. Three were made, John
rrauley II logger, Thomas Green milk
man and Ollie Charlton clerk. Upon
examining theevidence the authorities
were forced 10 admit them 70 bail in
$1,000 each.
ssoon ~ this VS. done the vindic
tive superintendent, Rovcron, left the
town, sneaked back to Victoria and re
ported 10 his G,onopolistic masters, the
local government. that the city authori.
ties were "pandering to the mob"
The general submitted bill
the next day February 2O) which
passed through all the stages Of legisla-
ton and became u law two hours after
wards
The act takes away all the civic pow
ers from the mayor. magistrate and all
civic officials Of Vancouver pro tenn.
Roycroft returned March | with his
own official escort Of police thugs and
will endeavor to carry the law through
90 its entirety.
By the new act Vancouver will bear
aIl the expenses incurred.
That the public may thoroughly un'
dcrstand what are the objections to the
presence Of the Monsolian race In Amer
UA lue lOlluWiuk tlta' hhu NA"e'
statement Of the matter is gwen:
T. Their invasion is not an immigra-
ton. It IL the migration Of race.
.. Aud ofa savage, uncivilized and
Mrbirous race.
g. They have no idea Of Love, Of iu.
nre life, Of God. OF home. of wife, OF
poetry, Of music, Of art, or Of MORAL
greatness.
4. They live like savaees, and feed
Ike brutes are cruel, relentless, deceit
mi, tricky. ayaricous, sensual, and In
every moral sense utterly debased.
.. They murder their iufant chill
ircn, abandon their aged aud poor to
death by starvation. and observe the
most horrible customs in their private
aud public life.
D. That this Invasion is not a bona
dde immigration Is proved bv this:
sEvery Chinaman is registered. and
lead or alive. must be returned to China
No wives or children are brought with
them.
None Of their wage money Is spent In
improving the country. or buying Amer
lcau goods.
They come and remain here unde
contracts" which reduce them to thu
position Of slave.
They rule themselves by secret tribu
nails whose DEGREES are enforced by thu
hiehbinders knife.
They render only forced obedience
% our laws.
Their oath cannot be believed. The
10 not serve on juries, enlist, or act as
posse comitatus. They 10 not pay taxes
They do no, even become converted
loour religion, our customs Of clothinS
' eating, Of lodging. or amusement, a
immigrants Of all other nations do.
They patronire none Of the iudustrie
u Tile land. but remain eternaliv on
'lsi md despotic secret society which
aditect menace to our liberties.
They are q distinct and diferen
fi,e of mankind. They are Turanians
"eMe Aiyans. The Two cannot assiu
uNe.
o. Every Chinese Is registered
bome aud no matter where he is, rel
ders slavish obedience to his nati'
despot
y. Their coming Is dangerous becau'